Phew, I made it! I know that it’s been a while since I posted on my blog but I got a little swamped there for a bit. Also, I had to visit my very sick brother in-law who had been lying in the IC unit of St. Joes hospital here in Phoenix. Thankfully he is home now and doing much better.
It got me thinking though, on how busy we can be with work, personals and day to day errands that it suddenly becomes harder to find the time to be socially interactive online.I suddenly found myself slipping behind on the whole online social/networking scene. It was like missing an episode of “Lost”, I had no idea what was going on and needed to take out a whole bunch of time just to catch up.
Let’s face it, you’ve got your Facebook, myspace, (though I hope you don’t), Twitter, blogging, Linkedin, etc, etc! I’m sure you get the picture. All of a sudden, in this modern age of social interaction we have bombarded ourselves with more work. I always thought that as hard working individuals, we would want our lives to be easier?
Don’t mistake online social interaction as anything but work. Seriously, this is one of the largest forms of networking that we undertake. I’ll be honest, I’m doing all this so that people get to know me, see my work and possibly have the opportunity to offer me work, or direct me in the right direction where I will be able to make further contacts. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve met some great people along the way, made some friends and actually gone to some social events to meet people who are in the same boat as myself. Real live events, you know, where you wear the name tag, nurse that drink and actually talk to people. Not some online chat room, (which I am yet to attend). But we are all in this economic titanic together, we need to do anything possible to make sure that we are the ones noticed and get rescued.
I’m not just talking about me though, what about your significant others? Are they Facebooking, Tweeting, etc? Suddenly you find yourself spending more time with your laptop or phone clicking away rather than just having a decent conversation with each other, in person. Hands up those who sit down, late at night in front of the TV with their laptops or phones? Come on now, own up, as soon as commercials arrive, you dive for your PDA, making sure you haven’t lost touch with anyone.
My point is, it’s exhausting! Seriously, how much extra time do you have now that you find yourself socializing/networking online? Not to mention those that are also online dating!?! I’m beginning to think I need someone to help me keep up with all of these mediums of online marketing. I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility that some people actually have someone helping them keep updated, linked, faced, tweeting and whatever else have you. It would certainly make life a little bit easier.
